Reid Looking to Hasten Surrender

The gutless puke Harry Reid will not retreat from widespread condemnation over his declaration of defeat last week, and is compounding the error by seeking to accelerate the terms of surrender.

Defying a fresh veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass legislation within days requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq beginning Oct. 1, with a goal of completing the pullout six months later, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday.

Reid said the legislation "immediately transitions the U.S. military away from policing a civil war." He said that troops that remain in Iraq after next April 1 could only train Iraqi security units, protect U.S forces and conduct "targeted counter-terror operations."

The Nevada Democrat outlined the elements of the legislation in a speech a few hours after Bush said he will reject any legislation along the lines of what Democrats intend to pass. "I will strongly reject an artificial timetable (for) withdrawal and/or Washington politicians trying to tell those who wear the uniform how to do their job," the president said.

Bush made his comments to reporters in the Oval Office as he met with senior military leaders, including his top commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus.

Of course, the Democrats have no idea what's going on, since they're skipping briefings.

Meanwhile, the Democrats are trying to limit coverage of their surrender announcement. I wonder why?

From: House RadioTV
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 12:45 PM
Subject: Iraq Supplemental conference meeting coverage

Dear Members of the Radio-TV Correspondents' Association,

I want to apprise you of a troubling situation regarding House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey's decision this morning to deny television coverage of today's Iraq Supplemental Appropriations conference meeting.

Imagine the furor if Republicans tried such a stunt. The situation is called troubling.